Here is the real treasure of imagination - books that people wished
into existence, every one unique, every one magical. Some of these books
are made from specialised materials such as emu leather (to look like
dragon scales), real silver, amber, keys, feathers, dreams.

A4+ - 100+ sheets. Massive plain black prisma paper
photo album with glassine inserts. Hand dyed and polished kangaroo
leather finished in Dark Red (mix of Red, Carmine, London Tan
and Brown). Main feature is a hand carved pewter sculpture of
'The Kiss' of Eros and Psyche in front of the Parthenon. Hand
carved gold border winds around the entire album. Four ridges
on spine. Text carved into the front cover reads "GREECE
HONEYMOON" in white letters.
The story of Eros and Psyche is the
basis of the fairytale "Beauty and the Beast". A beautiful
princess named Psyche had become so famous for her beauty that
men were beginning to say that she was even more lovely than Aphrodite
herself. Aphrodite, goddess of love, sent her son Eros to cause
Psyche to fall in love with an ugly monster, but instead Eros
fell in love with Psyche. Eros was kind and gentle, and his words
were loving and sweet, but he would not allow Psyche to see his
face. Her sisters encouraged her to find out if he was a terrible
monster and she tried to glimpse his face by the light of an oil
lamp - the oil dripped and woke him and he fled. Aphrodite was
still unhappy and set many impossible tasks for Psyche, which
she completed with secret help from Eros. Eventually Zeus said
that Eros had proved his love for Psyche and made Psyche immortal
so that she could live with Eros on Mt Olympus, happily ever after.
The Parthenon, on the highest part of
the Acropolis (high city) in Athens, was dedicated to Athena Parthenos
(Parthenos means virgin). Begun in 447 BCE, the temple was dedicated
in 438 and remained a temple for almost a thousand years. Sometime
around the 5th century the building was converted into a Christian
church. When the Turks conquered Athens in 1458 they turned the
Parthenon into a mosque. In 1687 a Venetian army besieged the
Turkish garrison on the Acropolis. At this time the Turks were
using the Parthenon as a powder magazine. On 26 September 1687
the Parthenon sustained a direct hit from a Venetian shell and
the powder stored there exploded. Most of the interior walls of
the temple were destroyed.
The album is sewn in French style with three
reinforcing ribbons. Oxford hollow back, revolutionary black headbands.
Black prisma endpapers.
Cover: 360mm W x 265mm H (14.17 x 10.43in). Page: 350mm W x 255mm
H (13.78 x 10.04in). Weight: 3.730kg (8.22lb)
International Order: Tania Agrawal (New Jersey) 26 Dec 2003 -
23 Aug 2004